Sports and Community Center Zamet, Rijeka, Croatia
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3LHD architects, Zagreb



The basic characteristic of the design is the integration of a big project task into the urban structure of Zamet, with the objective of minimizing disruption and to evaluate its given urban conditions – unlevelling the terrain, the pedestrian link in a north-south direction, the quality plateau in front of the primary school, the park zone, placing the programme in the centre of Zamet at the intersection of communications.



The joint conceptual and design element of the handball hall and the Zamet centre are ‘ribbons’ stretching in a north-south direction, functioning at the same time as an architectural design element of the objects and as a zoning element which forms a public square and a link between the north – park-school and the south – the street. One third of the hall’s volume is built into the terrain, and the building with its public and service facilities has been completely integrated into the terrain, i.e. it creates it with its ‘ribbons’.



The public space on the roof is not only a feature of the building in the business part of the centre, but the roof of the hall is also used as a kind of extension of the park situated to the north of the hall. The hall has been designed for major international sports competitions, in compliance with state-of-the-art world sports standards. The design of the hall has been conceived as a very flexible space. The auditorium has been designed as a system with telescopic stands, which open and adapt to the kind of competition and the number of spectators; at major competitions it is possible to seat 2100 spectators by opening all the stands. The architecture of public facilities, the shopping centre, the library and the local authority stands out in the topography of the terrain, connecting the square in front of the hall and in front of the school and tries to integrate into the overall existing context of western Zamet.





Full name of the project: Sports and Community Center - Zamet
Full name of architecture firm: 3LHD

Program: public, business, sport
Status project: project on board
Project type: invited competition
Competition award: winner, 2004
Project start date: 2004
Project end date: 2007, planned
Location (city, county): Rijeka, Croatia
Client: City of Rijeka
Site area (m2): 7900
Gross floor area (m2): 13480
Volume (m3): 49876
Footprint (m2): 5560



Zamet Sports Center, Rijeka : 3LHD Architects

Project team: Saša Begovic, Marko Dabrovic, Tatjana Grozdanic Begovic, Silvije Novak, Zvonimir Marcic
Project team collaborator: Andrea Vukojic
Collaborators: Berislav Medic, UPI-2M (Structural Engineering), Branko Corko, IPZ (Electrical Engineering), Eugen Vidas, Vigor (MEP Engineering – Mechanical)



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